Straw Dogs

In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.

116 mins
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.

Dustin Hoffman

David Sumner

Peter Vaughan

Tom Hedden

T. P. McKenna

Maj. John Scott

Del Henney

Charlie Venner

Jim Norton

Chris Cawsey

Ken Hutchison

Norman Scutt

Len Jones

Bobby Hedden

Sally Thomsett

Janice Hedden

Robert Keegan

Harry Ware

Peter Arne

John Niles

Cherina Schaer

Louise Hood

Colin Welland

Rev. Barney Hood

June Brown

Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)

Jimmy Charters

Man in Pub (uncredited)

Chloe Franks

Emma Hebden (uncredited)

Michael Mundell

Bertie Hedden (uncredited)

David Warner

Henry Niles (uncredited)

John Coquillon

Director of Photography

Sam Peckinpah

Screenplay

Jerry Fielding

Original Music Composer

Ray Simm

Production Design

Ken Bridgeman

Art Direction

Katherine Haber

Dialogue Editor

Peter Frampton

Assistant Makeup Artist

Nick Farnes

Assistant Director

James Swann

Associate Producer

Terry Marcel

Assistant Director

Gary White

Second Assistant Director

Bobbie Smith

Hairdresser

Derek Kavanagh

Production Supervisor

Michael Murray

Third Assistant Director

John Richardson

Special Effects

Michael Ellis

Dialogue Editor

Gerry Humphreys

Sound Mixer

Peter Hutchinson

Special Effects Assistant

Joe Dunne

Stunts

Peter James

Set Dresser

Harry Frampton

Makeup Artist

Norman Savage

Sound Editor

John Bramall

Sound Recordist

Garth Craven

Sound Editor

Billy Cornelius

Stunt Coordinator

Sue Longhurst

Stunt Double

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